-
World Energy Investment 2025 India
India is working to diversify its power generation mix by promoting investment in renewables and nuclear to meet sharply rising electricity demand Electricity demand in India has been rising sharply due to increases in commercial and residential space, a surge in ownership of air conditioners and appliances, and rising demand from industry. India has seen the third-largest growth in power generation capacity in the world after China and the United States over the past five years. While growth in power generation has come from all sources, there has been a surge in investment in renewables, led by solar PV…
-
Alejandra Bernal
Clean Energy Transition Programme Officer - Latin America.
-
State of Energy Policy 2026 Government energy spending
Government energy spending declined as affordability measures were rolled back after 2022 crisis, though investment support continues above historical levels The energy sector has historically accounted for a relatively small share of government budgets, averaging around 1% in most countries. Over the past five years, however, government spending on energy has doubled compared with 2019 levels, reaching around 1.4% of total direct government expenditure in 2025. Levels have varied by country, with some reaching up to 5% of general expenditure. Although spending fell from its peak in 2023, disbursements in 2024 and 2025 remained significantly higher than in the…
-
Breakthrough Agenda Report 2026 Road transport
Road transport
- Executive summary
- Hydrogen
- Road transport
- Steel
-
+ 3 pages
-
Energy Technology Perspectives 2026 Executive summary
Despite headwinds, the markets for clean energy technologies and fuels are expanding rapidly Deployment of many clean energy technologies, fuels and materials has been growing fast, but shifting policies, economic conditions and technological progress are creating uncertainty about their prospects and economic potential. Against this backdrop, the IEA’s flagship technology publication Energy Technology Perspectives (ETP) aims to separate the signal from the noise, by providing timely data, scenarios and analysis across deployment, manufacturing, trade, competitiveness and security. At a time when misjudging the moment risks wasting capital or stalling momentum, this report has been designed to help decision makers…
-
ANEEL call for hydrogen projects
To fund its policy goals in the area of hydrogen, the Brazilian electricity regulator, ANEEL, issued a call in 2024 (with a budget equivalent to USD 210 million) for large pilot projects within the scope of funds it collects from electricity utilities, which are mandated by law to allocate between 0.5-1% of their revenues to R&D.
-
Gas subsidies to vulnerable households
In an effort to cushion domestic consumers from the effects of the global energy crisis, the Brazilian government increased its support to the energy consumption of poor households, by providing vouchers covering half of the cost of a 13kg LPG cylinder every two months.The voucher value was doubled for the August and October payments.
-
Targeted fuel and public transport support
In an effort to lessen the impacts of the global energy crisis on domestic consumers, the Brazilian government enacted in July 2022 targeted subsidies for independent truck drivers and taxi drivers. Exceptional support is also provided for States providing tax (ICMS) advantages to ethanol producers and distributors, to reinforce those existing measures and ensure ethanol remains competitive as a transport fuel- only States scrapping taxes for ethanol will for instance be allowed to apply a similar cancellation to petrol.In addition, free public transportation is granted to people over 65 years across the territory. These new measures are planned to…
-
Import tax for EVs (Resolution 97/2018)
Resolution 97/2018 of CAMEX (Executive Secretariat of the Foreign Chamber of Commerce) added electric vehicles to the Brazilian List of Exceptions to the MERCOSUR Common External Tariff. Import taxes for EVs have been reduced from 35% to 0%.
-
Energy Management for Industry Executive summary
Energy management programmes help achieve efficiency targets and meet policy objectives Recent global upheavals and uncertainties are putting increasing pressure on businesses around the world. This is prompting governments to look more and more to energy efficiency to promote industrial competitiveness, increase resilience of businesses, protect jobs, reduce strain on grids, and enhance energy security. Providing government-led energy management programmes or policy packages for industry is one of the quickest and most cost-effective ways of ensuring fast and continual energy efficiency implementation. By encouraging and supporting companies to adopt energy management, governments can help ensure energy demand reductions…
